On 20 Feb 2008, at 1:18 PM, Rolf Schmolling wrote:
>
> Am 20.02.2008 um 11:09 schrieb Christiaan Hofman:
>
>> …You could turn on TeX conversion in the Files prefs, add custom 2-
>> way
>> conversions for {\glqq} and {\grqq}, and use those forms (including
>> the braces). BibDesk will display the quotes, but save the TeX forms
>> in bibtex.
>>
>> Christiaan
>
>
> Hello Christiaan,
>
> thanks for the tip, still I can put in a "double low-9 quotation mark
> (UTF8: E2 80 9E)" alright but when I try to put in a "double high-
> reversed-9 quotation mark (UTF8: E2 80 9F)" it gives me an error "…you
> entered already has a TeX equivalent, possibly defined internally by
> BibDesk" .
>
Yes, these upper (double) quotes have a 1-way conversion to normal
(double) quotes, as tex cannot handle them. That prevents you from
adding custom ones. This is done because duplicates lead to
inconsistent conversions.
> What I am basically aim for would be smart quotes German style („ “
> where the first one is below and the closing quotation mark is up,
> both are curled properly).
>
> In connection to your tip, how to go on from here? If I write to the
> title (or whatever field) of a reference with my German keyboard would
> I get smart quotes to start with which then would be converted to a
> TeX-equivalent? I found out via the little keyboard-viewer that I can
> get the right quotes manually via alt+^ and alt+2 but this means I
> have to re-think what little touch-typing I've learned in recent
> months… duh.
>
> Greetings,
>
> Rolf
Yes, that's how it would work. You can also just type the TeX
equivalent (including the braces), and the next time you load BibDesk
will convert it to special characters.
Christiaan
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